Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Avoid The Rush! Some ERs Are Taking Appointments

Avoid The Rush! Some ERs Are Taking Appointments

Three times in one week, 34-year-old Michael Granillo returned to the emergency room of the Northridge Hospital Medical Center in Southern California, seeking relief from intense back pain. Each time, Granillo waited a little while and then left the ER ...

Mursitpinar, Turkey — Hundreds of Kurdish men streamed into Syria from Turkey Monday, saying they hoped to defend a strategic border town from an onslaught by Islamic State, a jihadist group bent on expanding its so-called “caliphate” in Syria and Iraq.

Thousands of Hong Kong students attend sit-in to kick off week-long boycott

Thousands of students dressed in white tees with yellow ribbons gathered at the Chinese University of Hong Kong campus in Sha Tin yesterday to begin a week-long rally urging for universal suffrage, Apple Daily reports. Organizers estimated that around ...

Boycott used to protest spending

A remote First Nation will use a boycott to protest a spending controversy involving an agency that represents northern Manitoba reserves. In a letter Monday, Manto Sipi First Nation Chief Michael Yellowback announced he is withdrawing from Manitoba ...

Turning male characters into women is a cheap gimmick

First Thor. Then Hamlet. Now the Ghostbusters. As Ray Parker Jr almost said: "There's something weird, and it don't look good." I'm referring to prominent, established male characters undergoing a sex change for reasons no one has been quite able to put ...

When A Free ETF Isn’t Cheap Enough

The U.S. Treasury issued a new type of security in January of this year: Treasury securities with floating rather than fixed rates. ETF issuers wasted little time doing what they do best—offering cheap, plain-vanilla exposure to it. The two ETFs here are ...

Courtroom cameras sought in Aurora movie theater shooting trial

CENTENNIAL, Colo. - By September 30, the judge overseeing the Aurora movie theater shooting trial will rule on whether he will allow cameras during the trial. District Court Judge Carlos Samour heard arguments Monday from lawyers arguing on behalf of a ...

Aurora Helps The Blind To Get Around

If you ask me, there is nothing better than to have a lovely guide dog help the blind around. Not only does it offer companionship, it also doubles up as a blind person’s security guard in certain situations. Well, what happens when you are not exactly ...